Cabinet.



PATENTED MAY 9, 1905. M. KOVAGBVIG'.

CABINET.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 12. 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,327, dated May 9, 1905.

Application filed July 12, 1904:. Serial No. 216,208.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILAN Kovnnvro, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Cabinets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to cabinets, and more particularly to that class which are commonly known as memorandum-cabinets; and this invention has for-its primary object to provide a cabinet of this character which will be extremely simple in construction, strong and durable, and highly etlicient for the many purposes for which it may be used.

Another object of this invention is to provide a cabinet upon which memoranda may be recorded, and l employnovel mechanism in said cabinet whereby a plurality of memorand ums may be made and the mechanism operated to carry said memorandums within the cabinet and preserve the same.

A further object of my invention is to construct a cabinet of the above-described character which is particularly adapted to be used upon the exterior of buildings, novel means being employed to protect the mechanism from injury. At the same time I have provided means whereby the mechanism may be removed from the cabinet should the same need attention.

Briefly described, my improved cabinet consists of a rectangular casing having an inclined top, and this top is preferably hinged within the casing and is adapted to carry the mechanism which I employ for supporting and operating a roll of paper. This paper is adapted to pass without the casing upon the top of the cabinet whereby a memorandum may be made upon the same, and I employ mechanism for again carrying the paper with in the cabinet and preserving it until such time as the same may be used. The cabinet as constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly adapted to the use of doctors and such persons as may have use for the same.

The above construction will be hereinafter described in detail, and, referring to the drawings accompanying this application, like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved cabinet. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the top of said cabinet in an open position. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of my improved cabinet; and Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the cabinet when the top of the same is in an open position, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

1n carrying my invention into effect]. preferably form the same of a rectangular easing, this casing comprising a base 1, sides 2 and 3, and a front and rear wall t and 5. The casing may be made of a casting which is my preferable form, or it may be made of sections comprising the walls and bottom and suitably secured together. The rear wall of the casing is made of a greater height than the other walls, as designated by the reference-numeral 6, and in this wall an aperture (not shown) might be formed, whereby the casing might be hung upon a wall or suitable support. The sides 2 and 3 of the casing have their top edges inclined, as designated bythe reference-numeral 7 The side walls 2 and 3 are formed with bosses 8 8 upon their top edges, and in these bosses is journaled a pin 9, upon which is pivotally mounted the lid or top of the cabinet 10, said lid having formed on its rear edge a boss 11, through which the pin 9 passes, and the rear edges of said lid are cut away, as indicated at 12 12, to allow the lid to be swung upon the pin 9 without interfering with the bosses 8 8. The side wall 3 of the casing is provided with an angular slot 14, this slot being formed to accommodate an angular bracket 15,forn1ed integral with the lid near its forward end, said bracket being adapted when the lid is in its closed position to [it within the angular slot 14. Formed integral with the top of said lid and upon each side is a U-shaped bracket 16, these brackets when the lid is in a closed position providing a support for a pencil or pen. Formed integral with the under face of the lid and upon the side opposite the bracket 15 is a vertical standard 17, to which is secured a cross-arm 18, and in the one end of this cross-arm and in the bracket 15 is journaled a shaft 19, upon which is mounted a roller 20. Between the roller and the bracket 15 is mounted a ratchet-wheel 21 upon the shaft 19, and the one end of the shaft 19 is adapted to protrude past the edge of the lid and has secured thereon a knob or button 22, whereby when the lid is closed upon the casing the knob may be rotated to-revolve the shaft 19.

The reference-numeral 23 indicates a pawl, which is pivotally mounted, as indicated at 24:, to the bracket 15, and this pawl is adapted to engage the teeth of the ratchet-wheel and prevent a rearward rotation of the same when the lid is closed.

Upon the under face of the lid is formed a bracket 25, which is in longitudinal alinement with the bracket 15, and in this bracket and the end 26 of the cross-arm 18 is journaled a shaft 27, upon which is mounted a roll of paper 28, the end of this paper being adapted to pass down around the boss 11 along the top surface of the lid, as designated by the reference-numeral 29, and is then adapted to pass through a slot 30, formed longitudinally within the lid near its upper edge, and the end of the paper is adapted to be fastened to the roll 20, this construction being particularly shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings. Upon the top surface of the lid and at one side thereof I secure a plate 31, upon which the directions for operating the mechanism within the casing may be printed, and in order to secure the lid upon the casing, whereby the mechanism cannot be tampered with,I provide a suitable lock 32 upon the upper edge of the lid and form a keyhole 33 in said lid, through which a key 3a may be inserted to lock the lid in a closed position.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated my improved cabinet as being mounted upon the top of a letter-box 35, although the same may be suspended upon a wall or mounted upon any object upon the exterior of a building, or my improved cabinet may be conveniently used upon a desk.

The manner of operating my improved cabinet is as follows: Should a person desire to make a memorandum upon the sheet of paper which is exposed upon the top of the cabinet, the pencil or pen may be used which is supported within the brackets 16, or the person desiring to make a memorandum may use his own pencil or pen. IVhen a memorandum has been written upon the paper exposed, the knob 22 is rotated until the shaft 19 has been sufiiciently revolved to carry that portion of the paper upon which the memoran- I dum is written beneath the lid, where it is r wound around the roller 20. This operation will provide an unused portion of paper upon thelid, upon which another memorandum may be written by the same person or the next party to use the same. This operation is continued until the paper carried by the roller 28 has been entirely used, at which time a new one may be mounted upon the shaft 27. Upon the owner of the cabinet returning the lid is unlocked and opened to the position shown in Figs. 2 and 4: of the drawings, at which time he may remove the roller 20 to read the memorandums, or he may revolve the roller 28 to wind the paper upon said roller and read the same during its operation. here only a few memoranda have been made upon the roll during the owners absence, this last method is preferable.

lVhile I have herein shown my improved cabinet as being made of a preferable form, it is observed that the same may be constructed to present forms other than the one illustrated, and I wish it to be understood that the general arrangement of the rollers upon the under face of the lid and other slight changes may be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

- IVhat I claim is 1. In a memorandum-cabinet, the combination of a casing, a lid hinged at one end to said casing and spaced apart from the casing at the hinged end and having a transverse open slot near the other end, a paper-roll carried by said lid, a shaft mounted on said lid, the end of the paper wound on said paper-roll passing out from the roll around the hinged end of the lid and over the top of the lid and through the slot in the lid and being fastened to the said shaft.

2. In a memorandum-cabinet, the combination of a casing, a lid hinged at one end to bosses on the side Walls of the casing, leaving a space between the hinged end of the lid and the end wall of the casing, apaper-roll mounted on the lower side of the lid, a bracket carried on said lid, a bearing arranged opposite said bracket, a shaft journaled in said bracket and said bearing, and extending beyond the side of the casing, the side of the casing being formed with a slot conforming to said bracket, the end of the paper composing said paperroll extending around the hinged end of the lid, through a slot therein and to said shaft.

In testimony whereofIaffix mysignature in the presence of two witnesses. V

MILAN KOVAUEVIC.

\Vitnesses:

H. C. EVERT, IVM. O. Hnrrz. 

